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Alysha Clark powers Middle Tennessee to Sun Belt Championship

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Post Game Press Conference, Sun Belt Championship Game – Middle Tennessee vs. University of Arkansas-Little Rock, March 9, 2010

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Alysha Clark scored 48 points, including the winning layup with 1.8 seconds left in overtime, to lead Middle Tennessee to a 70-68 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in the Sun Belt tournament title game Tuesday.

Clark set the tournament’s single-game scoring record for a third straight game and finished with a three-game total of 132 points. The Blue Raiders (25-5) needed every basket to hold off top-seeded UALR (26-6) and earn their 13th NCAA tournament bid.

The Trojans, who had won 21 straight games, fought back from a seven-point deficit in overtime to tie it on Channon Haywood’s two free throws with 29.4 seconds remaining.

With the shot clock off, Middle Tennessee found Clark, who was guarded under…

Seeding set for Big 12 women’s basketball championship

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After a weekend of six games marking the end the regular season for Big 12 teams, the seeding for this week’s tournament in Kansas City, Missouri is set. Unbeaten Nebraska leads the pack at No. 1 followed by No. 2 seed Iowa State, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Texas A&M

The entire list:

1. Nebraska
2. Iowa State
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas A&M
5. Texas
6. Baylor
7. Oklahoma State
8. Texas Tech
9. Kansas State
10. Kansas
11. Colorado
12. Missouri

First round games will be televised by Metro Sports in Kansas City, while the quarterfinals through the final will be aired on FSN.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship returns to Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., for the ninth time in Conference history. Kansas City hosted the first six women’s postseason events from 1997-2002, in addition to…

Brittney Griner suspended for two games, will miss season finale and Big 12 tourney opener

Thursday evening Baylor released the following press release about Brittney Griner’s ejection from last night’s game against Texas Tech:

In addition to a one-game suspension mandated by NCAA basketball playing rules, Baylor University freshman post Brittney Griner has been suspended for an additional game by Lady Bears’ head coach Kim Mulkey, following Griner’s ejection from the Lady Bears’ 69-60 victory at Texas Tech, March 3.

Because Griner’s foul against Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle was ruled flagrant and she was ejected by game officials, per NCAA basketball playing rules, Griner is automatically suspended for Baylor’s next contest, a Sunday, March 7, match-up against No. 18 Texas in Waco. Mulkey then imposed an additional one-game suspension which will force Griner to miss Baylor’s Big 12 Championship opener on either March 11 or 12.

“I am very disappointed in the incident which happened during our basketball game last night at Texas Tech,”

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Baylor freshman Brittney Griner ejected in Texas Tech game for punch

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No. 14 Baylor may have won a Big 12 contest on the road but officials ejected star freshman Brittney Griner after she punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle in the face during the second half. The Lady Raiders lost the game, 69-60, in front of a crowd of 7,602 in Lubbock.

With approximately nine minutes left in the contest, Griner, the game’s leading scorer, had 21 points under her belt. After a foul in which she was flung around by Barncastle when the two had their arms entangled, Griner retaliated with a punch.

“There’s no place for that in sports,” said Baylor head coach Mulkey. “I will deal with Brittney Griner and it won’t be discussed in the media. You saw the game. Leave it at that. Kristy [Curry], not me, not any coach, not any player will ever be…

Missouri coach Cindy Stein resigns, effective at the end of the season

Missouri coach Cindy Stein announced her resignation on a radio show Monday evening.

"The University of Missouri and I have mutually agreed that it is in the best interest of the program to announce at this time, that I will not be returning as the head women’s basketball coach past this season," Stein said in a statement. "I will actively coach up until our final game of the season, whenever that might be."

The Tigers have had a troubled season, losing 13 of their past 14 games. The team dealt with the national attention from negative press after two seniors were arrested for involvement in an off-campus incident in December. And at the beginning of the season, starting point guard Bekah Mills tore her ACL. In January, sophomore guard Bailey Gee also suffered an ACL injury. It was widely thought that Stein would…

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No. 17 Baylor hosts Kansas in televised matchup

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#17/17 Baylor (20-7, 7-6) vs. Kansas (15-11, 5-8)
Sunday, Februrary 28, 2010, 4:00 p.m. CST
Waco, Texas, Ferrell Center (10,284)

Television: ESPN2
Radio: Baylor ISP Sports Network; KLRK 92.9 AM (Waco)
Video Web Stream: www.ESPN360.com
Audio Web Stream: www.BaylorBears.com, www.okstate.com
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com

Baylor and Kansas meet for the 18th time Sunday in Waco. Baylor leads the series 12-7 while Lady Bears head coach Kim Mulkey is 10-1 versus the Jayhawks, 4-0 in Waco. Prior to last season’s 69-45 Kansas victory in Lawrence, Baylor had won 10 straight against the Jayhawks. The loss at Lawrence was Mulkey’s first to Kansas.

The Kansas Jayhawks are 15-11 overall and 5-8 in Big 12 action. Kansas, which recently lost its top player, senior Danielle McCray, to a…

Final Division III regional polls released

The NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee released its third 2010 regional poll with records through February 22 of the top teams in each of the eight regions.  The committee ranks the top six eligible teams from each region, with the exception of the Northeast region, which ranks 10 teams.  Selections for the 2010 NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship will be webcast on NCAA.com Monday, March 1 at 12:30 p.m. ET.

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Women’s basketball television schedule, February 25 – 28, 2010

All times Eastern || Radio broadcasts

Thursday , February 25

Northwestern at Ohio State, 6:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
Kentucky at Tennessee, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net
Iowa State at Kansas, 7 p.m. Fox Sports Net
Bradley at Illinois State, 8:30 p.m., WTVP
Arkansas at LSU, 9 p.m., CSS
Stanford at Arizona State, 9 p.m., Fox Sports Net

Friday, February 26

Siena at Rider, 4:30 p.m., ESPNU
North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 6:30 p.m., RSN
Virginia at Duke, 8:30 p.m,  RSN

Saturday, February 27

Georgetown at Connecticut, 11 a.m., Big East Regional Sports Network/CPTV
Kent State at Bowling Green, 12 p.m., FSOhio
Bloomfield at Caldwell, 12 p.m., CBS College Sports
East Carolina at Memphis, 2 p.m., CBS College Sports
Oral Roberts at UMKC, 4 p.m., Metro Sports
Oklahoma at Texas, 5 p.m., Fox Sports Net
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